Luggage-carrier



S. HUBKA.

' LUGGAGE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-20. 1919.

1,354, 29, Patented 001:. 5,1920.

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" LUGGAGE-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

Application filed August 20, 1919. Serial No. 318,688.

T 0 all '20 7mm it may concern Be it known that I, STANLEY HUBKA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Narka, in the county of Republic and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Luggage-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to luggage carrier for automobiles, and more especially for Ford cars.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and practicable carrier which may be readily attached to the rear end of a Ford car, and removed when not desired for use. 7

Another object is to so construct such a carrier that the weight will be equally distributed.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents an end elevation of the carrier constituting this invention,

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof,

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 1 is a detail perspective view.

In the embodiment illustrated, a receptacle 1 is shown, composed of wood or any suitable material, and preferably made rectangular in configuration, although not necessarily so, and which is of a length to extend substantially the width of a car body. This receptacle 1 has braces 2 composed of strap iron extended transversely across the front thereof on its outer face and across the bottom. These straps at one end project above the up er edge of the front 5 of the receptacle, and are apertured for connection to a cross bar 8, these ends being indicated at 3 in the drawings. The rear ends 1 of these straps project beyond the rear wall 6 of the receptacle, and are apertured for attachment to the car frame as is shown clearly in Fig. 3. The -end walls 7 of the receptacle terminate at their upper ends flush with the upper edges of the front and rear walls and have standards or cleats 19 arran ed at the corners inside the receptacle and .t rough which pass connecting and bracing bolts or rods 20, any desired number-of which may be employed, three being here shown.

Upright braces 11 are bolted to the outer face'of the rear wall 6 of the receptacle and have inturned feet 12 which extend inside the receptacle and are bolted to the bottom 10 thereof as is shown clearly in Fig. 3.

A cross bar 9 connects the upper ends of the braces 11 and the ends of this bar are connected with the bar '8 by strap members 14 having their ends bent laterally inward at right angles as shown at 15 and which are bolted to said bars 8 and 9. The same bolts which connect bar 8 with the end bars 1% also connect braces 16 which extend 0bliquely upward toward the rear of the carrier and have their free ends twisted to present fiat faces 17, to which are connected brace arms 13 which are also twisted, and

are united at their lower ends to the bar 9 and braces 11 by suitable fastening elements.

The front wall 5 is shown apertured at 5 to provide ventilation for the carrier, and obviously the other walls may be so provided if found desirable.

To attach this carrier to a Ford car, the tail lamp and license brackets are first removed, and the projecting bracket arms 4: are bolted to the car frame at the bottom and the members 17 are likewise bolted to the top bow rest at the top. The lamp bracket may be attached to any suitable point on the carrier as may also the license bracket.

By attaching this carrier to the rear end of the car, the weight carried thereby is equally distributed, and obviously it may be attached or removed by simply unscrewing the bolts which secure the brace ends 4: and 17.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made as are within the scope of the claimed invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A device of the class described comprising a receptacle having bracing strap irons extended across the front and bottom and projecting rearwardly beyond the rear wall thereof, the projecting ends of said irons being apertured to form attaching elements, the upper ends of the front straps projecting above the upper edge of said receptacle, upright braces secured to the rear wall of said receptacle and extending above the top edge of said wall, cross bars connecting the projecting ends, end straps connecting said cross bars, and bracing straps connected with the front cross bar and with the rear strap extension, and having extensions to form attaching elements.

2. A carrier of the class described comprising a rectangular receptacle, L-shaped braces arranged on its outer face and extending transversely of its front and bottom walls, the ends of the straps projecting above the upper edge of the front wall and beyond the rear edge of the bottom wall, a cross bar connecting the upper ends of said straps, another set of L-shaped straps extending transversely across the rear wall of said receptacle with their short arms entering the receptacle and secured to the bottom thereof, a cross bar connecting the upper ends of said straps, end straps connecting the ends of said cross bars, brace bars connected to the front cross bar and extended upwardly and rearwardly therefrom with their rear ends twisted to present flat attaching elements, and straps connecting said ends with the straps secured to the rear wall of the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

STANLEY HUBKA. Witnesses:

GEO. WILKINSON, INEz WILLS. 

